1. 1 e-Science Institute Malcolm Atkinson Director e-Science Institute e-Science Envoy Professor of e-Science, School of Informatics

2. The e-Science Institute’s Mission Catalyse new thinking for all disciplines Stimulating co-evolution of applications and CS Shaping the path from invention to sustained research use Edinburgh e-Science Institute2

3. e-Science Institute3 Nurturing Research Themes

4. Edinburgh e-Science Institute 4 Nurturing Research Themes Proposed by theme leaders Bring together enthusiasts Visitors & workshop participants Focus for a year Building research collaboration Forming research plans Launching research

5. Edinburgh e-Science Institute 5 Research Themes 08091011120607 2 Diverse data 3 Adoption of e-Research 4 Spatial Semantics 5 Distributed Programming Abstractions 6 e-Science for the Arts and Humanities 7 Neuroinformatics Virtual Fly Brain 8 Trust & Security Virtual Communities 9 Principles of Provenance 10 Communicating Climate Change 11 Next Generation Sky Surveys 12 Web2.0 influence on e-Science 13 Automated Experimentation 14 Modelling & Microbiology

6. Edinburgh e-Science Institute 6 Research Themes 08091011120607 2 Diverse data 3 Adoption of e-Research 4 Spatial Semantics 5 Distributed Programming Abstractions 6 e-Science for the Arts and Humanities 7 Neuroinformatics Virtual Fly Brain 8 Trust & Security Virtual Communities 9 Principles of Provenance 10 Communicating Climate Change 11 Next Generation Sky Surveys 12 Web2.0 influence on e-Science 13 Automated Experimentation 14 Modelling & Microbiology 5 Distributed Programming Abstractions DPA Theme Analysis of applications & programming strategies Sustained commitment from five leaders Framework to understand design, development & deployment Distributed Applications on production CI Community recognition and influencing research Book “Abstractions for Distributed Applications and Systems” Best Paper Award at IEEE Grid2009 “Critical Perspectives of Distributed Applications and Production CI” ACM Computing Survey paper (in review) DPA Theme Analysis of applications & programming strategies Sustained commitment from five leaders Framework to understand design, development & deployment Distributed Applications on production CI Community recognition and influencing research Book “Abstractions for Distributed Applications and Systems” Best Paper Award at IEEE Grid2009 “Critical Perspectives of Distributed Applications and Production CI” ACM Computing Survey paper (in review)

7. Edinburgh e-Science Institute 7 Research Themes 08091011120607 2 Diverse data 3 Adoption of e-Research 4 Spatial Semantics 5 Distributed Programming Abstractions 6 e-Science for the Arts and Humanities 7 Neuroinformatics Virtual Fly Brain 8 Trust & Security Virtual Communities 9 Principles of Provenance 10 Communicating Climate Change 11 Next Generation Sky Surveys 12 Web2.0 influence on e-Science 13 Automated Experimentation 14 Modelling & Microbiology 7 Neuroinformatics Virtual Fly Brain Neuroinformatics & building a Virtual Fly Brain New anatomy ontology New behaviour ontology underway Sustained European engagement New era of research collaboration standardisation of methods and data Paper Towards a virtual fly brain, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A June 13, 2009 BBSRC award to JDA with Michael Ashburner FRS and Dr David Osumi-Sutherland (University of Cambridge) Neuroinformatics & building a Virtual Fly Brain New anatomy ontology New behaviour ontology underway Sustained European engagement New era of research collaboration standardisation of methods and data Paper Towards a virtual fly brain, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A June 13, 2009 BBSRC award to JDA with Michael Ashburner FRS and Dr David Osumi-Sutherland (University of Cambridge)

8. Edinburgh e-Science Institute 8 Vision for the e-Science Institute The venue for Creative Computational Thinking Needed for strategic and urgent challenges Generating research insights & roadmaps Bridging boundaries & assembling knowledge New Institute for e-Research @ Edinburgh ICMSNAISeSIEPCC Mathematics informatics HPC e-research data DCC